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Kim Jong-pil

Kim Jong-pil

Kim Jong-pil (Korean: 김종필; pronounced; January 7, 1926 – June 23, 2018), also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and military intelligence officer who was the founder and first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the prime minister twice, from 1971 to 1975 during the presidency of Park Chung Hee and from 1998 to 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung. He was a nine-term National Assembly member.